Mini-Review: The Next Thursday Next

[bibliogramma]

First Among Sequels, Jasper Fforde

If you've read anything by Jasper Fforde before, you know what to expect from First Among Sequels. If you haven't, and if you enjoy very clever, funny, absurdist fantasy packed with hilarious literary references and cutting social satire, then what are you waiting for?

Between conversations with Uncle Mycroft, who has been dead for six years, the trials of raising three children, one of whom may not exist, and coping with her two Jurisfiction trainees - Thursday1-4 and Thursday5, characters out of the books that have been written about her - Thursday Next must face an enemy from her past and save Bookworld from the alarming decline in readers. You really don't want to miss any of this. Oh, and a little hint - there are three Thursday Nexts in the book, so watch POV carefully, or you may miss something important.